Chip Berlet is senior analyst at Political Research Associates, a progressive
think tank near Boston, Massachusetts in the United States. Berlet is co-author
(with Matthew N. Lyons) of Right-Wing Populism in America: Too Close for
Comfort, (New York: Guilford Press, 2000). He edited Eye’s Right!: Challenging
the Right Wing Backlash, (Boston, South End Press, 1995). Both books were
awarded a Gustavus Myers Award for outstanding scholarship on the subject of
human rights and intolerance in North America. He has appeared as an expert on
television programs such as ABC's Nightline, and NBC's Today Show. Berlet has
also contributed to edited collections, scholarly journals, academic
conferences, and popular periodicals ranging from the New York Times to the
Progressive magazine. He is an advisory board member of the Center for
Millennial Studies at Boston University, and has written academic studies,
encyclopedia entries, and magazine articles on apocalyptic belief and
demonization as recruitment and organizing strategies by totalitarian groups. He
recently was named to the editorial board of the journal Totalitarian Movements
and Political Religions. (c.berlet@publiceye.org)
